Reindeer cookies

This is the treat Claudia wanted to take to school to share this week. Sam opted for these chocolate cookies chock full of red and green m&ms. And let me just say that I was pretty thankful I didn’t have to fuss over any more reindeer. 50 was plenty. Not that my littlest baker wasn’t right in there helping with every step, and Sam did his fair share of helping too. These just turned out to be pretty time-consuming. Plus, to be honest, I think very few of them look like they’re sporting reindeer antlers. Most of them look like some kind of red-nosed bug with pretzel antennae.

I used my recipe for peanut butter blossoms, then ditched the chocolate kisses in favor of broken pretzel antlers, red m&m noses, and mini chocolate chip eyes. If you decide to bake these, make sure you insert the pretzel sticks as soon as they come out of the oven. If the cookies begin to set up, the pretzels end up breaking the cookie apart, so work quickly. Kids can definitely get in on the action here – mixing, rolling, adding the decorations. There was a lot for them to do and they did a great job. I’m sure their friends are gonna love ’em.

Haha, that’s so cute! My sister and I have made cookies similar to these. We’ve also made reindeer droppings cookies. It’s a little sick minded, but we just made chocolate cookies in “droppings” shapes. It got a lot of laughs. My sister and I got into baking because we use to go to this Indianapolis Specialty Desserts place all the time. They had really good desserts there, and my sister loves to bake so she picked up some recipes and we just got creative with them.

Now this is a very cute idea. I told my family that they may pick one treat for me to make for Christmas and my one son picked chocolate chip cookies, which are good but not all that festive. So I think this idea would jazz them up. Thanks!!